Christ In The Garden Of Olives

278 345 cm classification.

Christ in the garden of olives.

The garden of gethsemane is where olives were pressed into oil. 39x31 inches bar depth. Gauguin as christ in the garden christ on the mount of olives is an 1889 painting by french artist paul gauguin. Church of saint paul saint louis paris.

Now they moved away towards the garden of gethsemane. Olive oil in my opinion is the best material symbol to represent the atoning blood of jesus christ. Palais des beaux arts de lille lille france. It was bordered by the road coming up from the kidron valley and was probably surrounded by a stone wall.

Eugène delacroix french charenton saint maurice 1798 1863 paris date. Christ in the garden of olives 1827 by eugene delacroix canvas art wall picture museum wrapped with black sides 39 x 31 inches print title. It seems to have been open to the public and at passover time it provided welcome relief from the crowded city. Mannerism late renaissance period.

From art gallery of ontario ago paul gauguin christ in the garden of olives 1889 oil on canvas 73 93 cm. Uva protective coating preserves color and. It is both a self portrait and a representation of jesus about to be taken by the soldiers. It is a melancholic painting not only because it elucidates christ s trauma in the garden of olives but also because it represents gauguin s tormented emotions over the demise of his friendship.

In the garden of gethsemane jesus was pressed with the extreme pressure of his suffering for all of us that his olive oil that is his blood oozed from his pores. To a friend he. Christ in the garden of olives the agony in the garden artist. This olive orchard was part of an estate at the foot of the mount of olives.

When the painting was finished gauguin considered christ in the garden of olives to be the best work he had ever created a vivid and intimate expression of the truth of his heart. Eugene delacroix finished size. Lent by the conservation des oeuvres d art religieuses et civiles de la ville de paris and the direction régionale des affaires culturelles d île de france.